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THE TRAPPED WIFE
Book: The Trapped Wife
Publication Day: 08 September 2021
The rain hammers the glass outside. My husband has stoked
the wood burner with a fresh supply of logs, and I’ve just put a joint of beef
in the oven. It’s the most clichéd Sunday afternoon ever, and it’s the most
heavenly one, too. Little do I know that days later, the ash in the fire will
be all that remains of us…
My perfect life…
I thought I had it all – a dream job as a doctor in small town, a stunning home
and a family I adore – but that illusion shattered the moment my husband Jeremy
left on a work trip and vanished without a trace. Now my son and I are all
alone in the world.
My missing husband…
My best friend thinks Jeremy had an accident up in the mountains, that I’ll
never see him again and need to move on. I know he loves us too much to ever
abandon us, but my head is still spinning with the texts I found on his phone
before he left. Did I ever really know the man I married?
The night I can’t remember…
Everything changed the night of the medical conference weeks before Jeremy
disappeared. I wrack my brains for answers, but my memory goes blank after my
first drink. Ever since, I’ve felt like I’m being followed and can’t explain
why panic thunders in my chest every time I see my newest patient. If he’s not
local to the village, then why does he seem so familiar? And so dangerous?
As I piece together the shards of what really happened that fateful evening,
only one thing can possibly be true: everyone is lying, even me…
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THE TRAPPED WIFE by Samantha Hayes provides plenty of twists, turns, curves and bends. My e-book is awash with colour with all the snippets I highlighted while reading, as I tried to unravel the story and guess whodunit.
Dr. Jennifer Miller, a general practitioner and mum to sixteen year old Kieran, is still reeling from the death of her husband six weeks earlier. Her life as she knew it is over but it’s time for her and Kieran to re-enter the world, and to discover what a new life for them might look like. On her first day back at work, Jen meets Scott Shaw, a charismatic man who both excites and frightens Jen. Scott soon inveigles his way into Jen’s life by threatening to expose some of her secrets; secrets that a responsible, upstanding GP wants to remain hidden. And if that isn’t enough, as Jen sorts through her husband’s belongings, she realises he had his own disturbing secrets.
Admittedly, I did struggle with the earlier part of the book. One of my biggest struggles was trying to understand Jen. Even under the weight of her grief, I felt some of her actions were decidedly odd and unrealistic. My advice now, having finished it, is to stick with the book. You will be rewarded. Hayes does a terrific job in giving us a more than satisfactory conclusion by bringing together the numerous plot strands she planted at the beginning. Several of my deductions proved true, but there were others that had me exclaiming ‘Wait! What?’ And I love when a book manages to surprise me like this.
This is my first Samantha Hayes book, but I am sure it won’t be my last.
Samantha Hayes grew up in a creative family where her love of writing began as a child. Samantha has written eight thrillers in total, including the bestselling Until You’re Mine. The Independent said “fantastically written and very tense” while Good Housekeeping said “Her believable psychological thrillers are completely gripping.” Samantha’s books are published in 22 languages at the last count.
When not writing, Samantha loves to cook, go to the gym, see friends and drink nice wine. She is also studying for a degree in psychotherapy. She has three grown-up children and lives in Warwickshire.
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